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Movie-making means money in Mass.
Several film productions in the Bay State boosting local economy.

When Tom Cruise first appears in the film “Knight and Day,” the sunny terminal of Worcester Regional Airport is on full display.
According to the plot of the explosion-filled spy flick, Mr. Cruise and co-star Cameron Diaz are supposed to be in Wichita, Kan., not Worcester. But that doesn’t matter. For filming in Worcester, Boston and other Massachusetts locations, the movie became eligible for hefty state tax credits.

With a backpack slung over his right shoulder and a Diet Snapple in his left hand, Steve Carell was finally spotted and approached by a group of teenagers Wednesday afternoon. Carell, who had a five o’clock shadow not typically worn by his on-screen characters, posed for a few photos and moved along.

Small communities get a financial boost from films By Dan Adams Boston Globe July 7, 2012 When the state started doling out tax breaks to attract big-name films in 2006, …

SouthcoastTODAY.com July 05, 2012 By Jenalina Santiago WAREHAM — For the second time in three years, Water Wizz is playing host to some Hollywood heavy-hitters. Steve Carell of “The Office” …

STEVE CARELL AND TONI COLLETTE HEAD AN OUTSTANDING CAST IN SYCAMORE PICTURES, THE WALSH COMPANY AND ODDLOT ENTERTAINMENT’S PRODUCTION OF “THE WAY, WAY BACK”

Academy Award-winning screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (“The Descendants”) direct their original screenplay.

Fort Point Theatre Channel presents Exclamation Point! #10: FILMSTOCK films and film-related performances by Fort Point residents, artists, and friends – silent and musical work – to theatre and animation …

Boston Globe June 11,2012 By Steven A. Rosenberg About 100 people stood silently for several hours, staring at the commuter rail platform in Swampscott. Adam Sandler huddled with a group …

Discovering & Developing Writers since 1998 For nearly fifteen years, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition’s recognition and development of undiscovered screenwriters from around the world has paved the way for these …

The Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Film Office (MFO) today announced the Indian Paintbrush Production film “Labor Day,” starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin, will begin filming in Massachusetts this June.

Independent Film Week (September 16-20, 2012) the oldest and largest forum in the U.S. seeks screenplays and documentary WiPs for Independent Film Week. Apply now!

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild are pleased to announce that members of both organizations have overwhelmingly voted to approve a merger, creating a new entity, SAG-AFTRA.

Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competition recognizes an emerging screenplay as the best from the pool of submissions each year.

Women in Film & Video/New England (WIFV/NE) announces a March 1st call for entries for its Tenth Annual Screenwriting Competition, sponsored by Su-City Pictures, InkTip, and Final Draft. The WIFV/NE Screenwriting Competition aims to promote the work of women screenwriters and support the creation of worthy film roles for women

The Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Film Office (MFO) today announced that ABC Entertainment’s pilot “Gilded Lillys” will be filmed in Massachusetts in March 2012, bringing another Hollywood production to the Bay State.

The Massachusetts Film Office is thrilled to announce the launch of a new software system for promoting you and/or your business or service to the film industry-at-large.

An independent movie shot entirely in Worcester that deals with the timely and troubling topic of teenage bullying will have its premiere on the Lifetime Network at 8 p.m. Saturday.

NEA Chairman Landesman announces Challenge America Fast-Track grants.

The list of this year’s top worldwide locations demonstrates just how big of a comeback the United States has made.

The landscape has changed a bit since july 2010, when ICG Magazine last surveyed union friendly locations around the United States.